Dear Friend,
You may have heard that California, the nation's largest agricultural
producer, is on the verge of approving a potent carcinogenic gas for use
on strawberry fields and other food crops. The chemical -- methyl iodide
-- is so toxic that scientists in labs use only small amounts with special
protective equipment, yet agricultural applications mean it could be
released directly into the air and water.
Whatever California decides, the only surefire way to keep this poison
away from our food and farm workers is for the U.S. Environmental
Protection agency to re-evaluate and ban methyl iodide at the federal
level. There is a petition to the EPA asking them to de-register methyl
iodide for agricultural use,; follow the link below.
http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/methyl_iodide_epa/?r_by=9435-1383296-yLENCsx&rc=mailto1
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